Shrugged Quote by Tui T. Sutherland

“Unless I’m talking on it,” I said, “I leave this thing turned off.” “Saving the battery?” “Guarding my privacy.” “You’re the poster boy for…

— Barry Eisler

Hi, Tad!' she said. 'Hi, Jeff! Hey, I'm not interrupting anything, am I?' 'Uh, no,' I said. 'We were just...I mean, Tad was...uh, nope.'…

— Jordan Sonnenblick

There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at…

— Oscar Wilde

The actual communicative value of what we say is usually quite small. I've lived for times in small, isolated fishing villages, where everyone knows…

— Hal Whitehead

“Don’t worry about me talking,” he said. “I have a living to make. You know in Africa no woman ever misses her lion and…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Brody blew out a long breath and reached for me. “Come here.” I sat on his lap. “You’re pretty fucking incredible, you know that?”…

— Vi Keeland

“Mania was a mental state every bit as dangerous as depression. At first, however, it felt like a rush of euphoria. You were completely…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“He said, “You’re a little lax on that rake.” I tried to ignore him, and he said, “You hear what I said, boy?” I…

— Charles Brandt

“You don't feel a great deal of emotions for other people, do you?" I was taken aback. "What are you talking about?" I said.…

— Donna Tartt

“I have no idea what you're talking about," he said. "But we'll go with it.”

— Marissa Meyer

It reminded me of talking, how what is said is never quite what was thought, and what is heard is never quite what was…

— Kevin Powers

A foreign correspondent, after talking to me for a while, once said: "You don't seem smart enough to be so good at what you're…

— Charlie Munger